quill-drivingn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪlˌdrʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪlˌdraɪvɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quill n.¹, driving n.

Etymology: < quill n.¹ + driving n. Compare earlier quill-driver n. and later quill-drive v.

The action of working with a quill or pen, esp. in a tedious or repetitious job; employment as a clerk or (hack) writer. Cf. pen-pushing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [noun]

writingeOE

penning1548

composition1553

characterizing1591

penship1622

scription1627

exaration1631

inkshed1672

scrivening1680

quill-driving1756

pen-and-inkage1894

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 181 Richmond..went to quill-driving till ten.

1761 J. Reed Register-office i. 5 Had he not luckily hit on the Scheme of a Register-Office, I might have dangled on at Quill-driving without ever being worth a Groat.

1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition i. 2 Already doom'd to hard quill-driving, 'Gainst spectred poverty still striving.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 3 Quill-driving was not my particular vocation, nor a three-legged stool the..range to which I was willing to restrict myself.

1962 Times 30 Aug. 11/3 The idea that the place of an officer is with his troops, and that the business of mere quill-driving is best left to civil servants, has an easy superficial attraction.

1992 A. Myers tr. F. Dostoevsky Idiot i. 5 He looked to be an official, hardened by long years of quill-driving; he was about 40 and strongly built, with a red nose and pimply face.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quill-drivingadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪlˌdrʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪlˌdraɪvɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quill n.¹, driving adj.

Etymology: < quill n.¹ + driving adj. Compare earlier quill-driver n. and later quill-drive v.

Frequently depreciative.

That works with a quill or pen, esp. in a tedious or repetitious job; employed as a clerk or (hack) writer. Also: designating such a job. Cf. pen-pushing adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [adjective] > engaged in or disposed to writing

writing1594

quill-driving1707

writative1736

society > communication > writing > [adjective] > writing as occupation

pen and ink1672

clerking1679

quill-driving1707

scrivening1778

1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) III. 67 Quill-driving Prigs, Flock'd to St. James's.

1799 tr. A. von Kotzebue Corsicans i. ii. 4 Rivet him down to some office? promote him to some quill-driving employ? get him to copy letters?

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. ix. 141 We shall agree better on the second count of my indictment against fortune, as that quill-driving puppy would call it.

1880 R. Browning Clive 39 That greenhorn, that quill-driving clerk.

1927 Amer. Mercury July 365/1 I've found them singularly free from the egocentric absorption of us quill-driving gentry.

1996 Daily Mail 19 Dec. 1 A busy supporting cast..provides its own sound effects (‘scratch, scratch, scratch,’ for quill-driving Bob Cratchit).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quill-driving
释义	quill-drivingn. Brit. /ˈkwɪlˌdrʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪlˌdraɪvɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quill n.¹, driving n. Etymology: < quill n.¹ + driving n. Compare earlier quill-driver n. and later quill-drive v. The action of working with a quill or pen, esp. in a tedious or repetitious job; employment as a clerk or (hack) writer. Cf. pen-pushing n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] writingeOE penning1548 composition1553 characterizing1591 penship1622 scription1627 exaration1631 inkshed1672 scrivening1680 quill-driving1756 pen-and-inkage1894 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 181 Richmond..went to quill-driving till ten. 1761 J. Reed Register-office i. 5 Had he not luckily hit on the Scheme of a Register-Office, I might have dangled on at Quill-driving without ever being worth a Groat. 1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition i. 2 Already doom'd to hard quill-driving, 'Gainst spectred poverty still striving. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 3 Quill-driving was not my particular vocation, nor a three-legged stool the..range to which I was willing to restrict myself. 1962 Times 30 Aug. 11/3 The idea that the place of an officer is with his troops, and that the business of mere quill-driving is best left to civil servants, has an easy superficial attraction. 1992 A. Myers tr. F. Dostoevsky Idiot i. 5 He looked to be an official, hardened by long years of quill-driving; he was about 40 and strongly built, with a red nose and pimply face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quill-drivingadj. Brit. /ˈkwɪlˌdrʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪlˌdraɪvɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quill n.¹, driving adj. Etymology: < quill n.¹ + driving adj. Compare earlier quill-driver n. and later quill-drive v. Frequently depreciative. That works with a quill or pen, esp. in a tedious or repetitious job; employed as a clerk or (hack) writer. Also: designating such a job. Cf. pen-pushing adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [adjective] > engaged in or disposed to writing writing1594 quill-driving1707 writative1736 society > communication > writing > [adjective] > writing as occupation pen and ink1672 clerking1679 quill-driving1707 scrivening1778 1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) III. 67 Quill-driving Prigs, Flock'd to St. James's. 1799 tr. A. von Kotzebue Corsicans i. ii. 4 Rivet him down to some office? promote him to some quill-driving employ? get him to copy letters? 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. ix. 141 We shall agree better on the second count of my indictment against fortune, as that quill-driving puppy would call it. 1880 R. Browning Clive 39 That greenhorn, that quill-driving clerk. 1927 Amer. Mercury July 365/1 I've found them singularly free from the egocentric absorption of us quill-driving gentry. 1996 Daily Mail 19 Dec. 1 A busy supporting cast..provides its own sound effects (‘scratch, scratch, scratch,’ for quill-driving Bob Cratchit). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756adj.1707
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